SF News Stanford Police Say No Evidence Found of Two Sexual Assaults Reported Near Campus In the Spring A female jogger reported being sexually assaulted twice near the Stanford University campus this spring, and the school’s police department says it was unable to find any evidence that either incident took place.
SF News Day Around the Bay: YouTuber Jake Paul Sets Sights on Stanford Football Following Boxing Stint Reservations at California state parks will soon come with higher penalties for no-shows and last-minute cancellations; SF was ranked the happiest city in the US in a new report; and Jake Paul says he aims to attend Stanford so he can play football.
Business & Tech Over 100 Stanford Grads Disrupt Google CEO’s Commencement Speech Over Contract With Israel As Sundar Pichai began his commencement address at Stanford University Sunday, more than 100 graduates staged a walkout, blowing whistles and chanting in protest of Google’s Project Nimbus contract with the Israeli government.
SF News Ex-IDF Soldier Visiting Stanford With Miss Israel Accused of Putting Student In Chokehold Stanford authorities are investigating an incident in which an ex-IDF soldier, who was visiting the campus last week with Miss Israel, is accused of tackling and restraining a student who took a paper sign from the booth.
SF News Jogger Sexually Assaulted By Armed Man Near Stanford University Campus Stanford University police are searching for an armed suspect who assaulted a woman jogging near campus Sunday, and it’s not known whether she was affiliated with the school.
SF News Stanford Protesters Accused of Vandalizing University President's Office Make Court Appearance The so-called Stanford 11, the group of protesters accused of breaking into the office of the university president amid pro-Palestinian protests in June 2024, were scheduled to appear in court on Monday.
SF News Saturday Links: Extended 101 Carpool Hours Blamed for North Bay Traffic ‘Carmageddon’ The Cupertino Whole Foods that had multiple pest infestations is set to reopen soon; new research from Stanford found that wildfire smoke is the most dangerous aspect of climate change in the US; and North Bay commuters are experiencing average speeds of 15 miles an hour along Highway 101.
SF News Stanford Student Killed While Riding E-Bike on Campus A Stanford sophomore was killed over the weekend in a collision while riding an electronic bicycle on the school's campus.
SF News Stanford Drops Disciplinary Case Against Student Journalist Covering Gaza Protest A Stanford student who was covering the occupation of the university president's office by pro-Palestinian protesters last year for the campus newspaper when he was arrested alongside those protesters has been cleared of wrongdoing, at least by the school.
SF News New State Bill Would Ban Legacy Admissions at California Universities A big blow to kids who hoped their family connections would get them into a prestigious college could be coming as one of Assemblymember Phil Ting’s last bills on his way out of office would ban legacy admissions at universities statewide.
SF News Humpday Headlines: Protesters Take Over Office of Stanford President, 13 Arrested Pro-Palestinian protesters took over the office of Stanford President Richard Saller this morning; a prominent Yosemite rock climber has been sentenced to life for sexual assault; and a free grocery store has opened in the Bayview.
Bay Area Sports Stanford Basketball Coach Tara VanDerveer Becomes All-Time Winningest Coach in College Basketball History Stanford women’s basketball coach Tara VanDerveer overtook former Duke men’s basketball coach Mike “Coach K” Krzyzewski on the all-time wins list Sunday night, as VanDerveer’s 1,203 wins make her the all-time winningest coach in the college game.
SF News Santa Clara County Authorities Release Suspect and Vehicle Description in Stanford Hit-and-Run of Muslim Student After a Muslim student was injured in a hit-and-run on the Stanford campus last Friday, the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office has released a suspect sketch and a vehicle description in the incident they’re calling a hate crime.
SF News Arab-Muslim Stanford Student Injured in Apparent Targeted Hit-and-Run, Prompting Hate Crime Investigation An Arab-Muslim student said that a driver screamed “fuck you people" after hitting them with a car on campus.
SF News Stanford University President Resigns Amid Probe Into Integrity of His Research Stanford University President Marc Tessier-Lavigne announced his resignation Wednesday after an independent review board found serious flaws in five studies he'd been a part of, triggered by the school's student newspaper reporting.
SF News Day Around the Bay: SF Middle School Locked Down Over Gun Denman Middle School in SF's Outer Mission was locked down after a student brought a gun to school; a Stanford employee who said she was raped on campus twice last year was allegedly lying; and someone tried to steal a helicopter from Sacramento Airport.
SF News Imposter Student Caught Living In Stanford Dorm, Had Been Living On Campus at Least a Year A pretty odd story that has the makings of a streaming series just unfolded on the Stanford University campus, where a pretend student from Alabama had convinced pretty much everyone around him that he was enrolled at the school and lived in one of the dorms.
SF Politics New British PM Rishi Sunak Is a Stanford Guy, Got His Master’s and Met His (Billionaire) Wife There The new British prime minister has some Bay Area roots, getting an MBA at Stanford in 2006 where he met wife Akshata Murthy, whose massive family fortune has the U.K. press dubbing him “Rishi Rich."
Bay Area Sports The Deep Roots and Family Ties Between Stanford Basketball Star Cameron Brink and Stephen Curry Steph Curry is a goal-oriented, confident person," Cameron Brink's mother said. "And I see that developing in Cameron more and more all the time."
SF News After Star Soccer Player’s Suicide, Stanford Acknowledges It Has a Suicide Problem With four suicides in 13 months, and new details about goalie Katie Meyer’s circumstances that don’t make the school look good, Stanford promises to beef up mental health resources for students.
SF Politics Pence Spoke at Stanford, Got F-U'd a Bit, and Of Course He Talked About SF's School Board Recall Mike Pence's appearance on the Stanford University campus on Thursday evening was not as raucously protested as, say, Ann Coulter's late 2019 appearance at UC Berkeley. But it was protested!
SF News Day Around the Bay: Stanford Professors Sue University Over Fentanyl Death of Son Two Stanford professors whose son died in early 2020 of an accidental fentanyl overdose on campus are now suing the school, a pipe bomb scare led to evacuations in Oakland, and ambulances in CA are again being made to wait outside ERs due to pandemic crowding.
SF Politics Stanford Backtracks, Will Allow Student Who Mocked Conservatives To Graduate Conservative cancel culture lost its latest fight at Stanford, as a law student will now be allowed to graduate after posting a very funny satirical flyer linking a right-wing group to the Capital insurrection.
Bay Area Sports Following Backlash and Lawsuits From Athletes, Stanford Decides Not to Cut Any Sports Ten months after Stanford made the dramatic announcement it would be eliminating 11 varsity athletics programs after this school year, the school has made a surprise reversal.
Bay Area Sports ‘Last Stanford Wrestler’ Wins National Title After Program was Eliminated Stanford eliminated its wrestling program in July, but wrestlers finished out their season. Now one of them, Shane Griffith, just won the national championship.
